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The engine that changed the world
Model of Parsons’s steam turbine in TCD In TCD’s engineering department you can inspect a working model of the steam turbine, the engine that revolutionised marine transport and naval warfare and,...
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One of Dublin’s hidden treasures!
Zoology Museum Trinity College Dublin Putting your head into the jaws of a Great White Shark. The story of Tommy, the Prince’s elephant. And, the tragic tale of Ireland’s last Great Auk. Just some...
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Birthplace of modern submarine inventor
John Philip Holland, inventor of the modern submarine John Philip Holland (1840-1914) from Liscannor, Co Clare, invented the first successful commercial submarine and transformed war at sea. He worked...
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World’s first hypodermic injection: Meath Hospital 1844
Commercial version of Rynd’s syringe The world’s first hypodermic injection took place in Dublin’s Meath Hospital on June 3rd, 1844. On that day, Dr Francis Rynd improvised an injection, to treat a...
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Dublin Zoo: for ‘Useful information and innocent amusement’
Outside Dublin Zoo circa 1890s Dublin Zoo is one of Ireland’s most popular attractions, yet when it opened in 1831, it had just one wild boar! The idea for a ‘zoological garden’ in the city began when...
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Gunpowder, corn and oil: Clondalkin’s historic mills
Invoice for a Clondalkin mill. From: South Dublin County Libraries Clondalkin has a long history of milling from the early 1700s, that includes everything from gunpowder to oil and corn meal. And the...
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First ever sports radio transmission 1898
Marconi in 1901 with early radio equipment An historic sports radio transmission took place in Dun Laoghaire (or Kingstown, was it was then called) in July 1898, during the annual sailing regatta....
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Flying boat museum
The ‘Mayo Composite’ was a piggy-back affair designed to save fuel and get planes airborne. Foynes is home to a wonderful museum of transport, social, and engineering history, and well worth a visit....
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Birthplace of Kathleen Lonsdale
Kathleen Lonsdale lecturing in Dublin, Image courtesy DIAS A world class pioneer of x-ray crystallography was born in Charlotte House here in Newbridge, in 1903. Dame Kathleen Lonsdale (née Yardley)...
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Heavens above! Birthplace of astronomer Lady Margaret Huggins
Lady Margaret Huggins 1845-1915 One of the pioneers of astrophysics was born here in 1848, Margaret Lindsay Murray, and a plaque on the wall honours her. Murray went on to marry a noted English...
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